Written questions

Gender Dysphoria: Surgery

2026-07-07 · Department of Health and Social Care · HL1830 · Official question

Baroness Maclean of Redditch

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government whether breast reconstruction surgery is routinely available on the NHS to women who detransition following a mastectomy carried out as treatment for gender dysphoria; and if not, why mastectomy is routinely commissioned bu

Answer

NHS England has a published service specification that covers the provision of surgical interventions for individuals on the National Health Service pathway of care for the treatment of gender dysphoria. Providers are expected to follow this service speci...